Rowdies spoil Brazilians’ wedding ceremony

I'm pretty sure the entire Malaysia has seen this piece of news by now. I saw it this morning while surfing for my daily dose of news. It is such a shocking news. True, there are lots of unfortunate events happening lately (as in the past couple of years) that happens back home but this is just now something I expect to see at all. What were these people thinking? Don't they have family of their own? Don't they remember how it was like when they got married? The celebration, the happiness, the anticipation of a whole new life?

Jorge is a post-doc in our lab and he's a Brazilian. He's been here in the States for quite a number of years and he still loves his country. I wish I could say the same for myself but sometimes, when things like that happen, I just can't help feeling betrayed. Jorge and I work together side by side in the lab. He's been my leaning post ever since I joined the lab. He's my secondary mentor, in fact, I talk to him more than I talk to my boss sometimes. He's like a great brother to me. We not only talk about work but about life in general, I can talk to him about anything. In the mornings, we often talk about the news we read about what's going on around the world. I usually share news about Malaysia and he about Brazil. But today, after reading that headline, I was speechless. For the first time, I could not just turn my chair around and say 'hei Jorge, there's this incident in M'sia...'. I was so embarrassed to read that news and I feel so bad for that couple.

Sigh, sometimes I wish that there is something we could all chip in to do. But sometimes, it feels pointless because there's always gonna be these people who will spoil it all. It takes millions to built a strong structure but it only take one to destroy it.

~disappointed~